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Consultation on Relevant Areas 2008/2009

This consultation has now closed

There are currently twenty Relevant Areas within Hertfordshire. These were developed in 2003 and updated in 2005 to reflect the patterns of allocation at secondary transfer. They were also designed to reflect the Priority Areas within the Hertfordshire County Council admission arrangements.

The principles guiding the establishment of the Relevant Areas were:

1. they should reflect recent patterns of allocations from primary to secondary school,
2. they should reflect travel to school patterns and geographical proximity,
3. they should be as small as practicable in order to reduce bureaucracy on schools.
4. they should not cut across urban areas.

As a result of these principles, twenty one relevant areas were created initially. The Relevant Areas were reviewed and updated in 2005 to reflect changes since 2003 and resulted in combining the Bishops Stortford and Sawbridgeworth areas into one single area and adding some out of county parishes to Relevant Areas to reflect the Priority Areas in the Hertfordshire County Council admission arrangements, resulting in the current 20 Relevant Areas as detailed below.

The Proposals

With effect for the Admissions Round for September 2008, it is proposed to:

• Maintain the status quo of 20 Relevant Areas as these are well established, meet the set of principles established three years ago and serve the purpose of providing reasonable geographical areas within which to consult upon.